diff --git a/html/ops/purge_trickles.php b/html/ops/purge_trickles.php
index 371bc91d20..168721425c 100755
--- a/html/ops/purge_trickles.php
+++ b/html/ops/purge_trickles.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if ($argc == 1) {
     $n = (int)$argv[2];
     $db->do_query("delete from msg_to_host where handled = $n");
 } else {
-    echo "echo "usage: purge_trickles.php [msg_from_host | msg_to_host]\n";
+    echo "usage: purge_trickles.php [msg_from_host | msg_to_host]\n";
 }
 
 ?>